Thu.Jun 16, 2022

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. Almost all the fossil fuels are imported, so this dependence on fossil fuels translates into a vulnerability to shifts in global markets such as the price surges stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Lingering Climate Injustice in Bowling Green, KY

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2018, the city of Bowling Green contracted Bowen Research to produce a housing needs assessment that found that the city’s poverty rate was well above state and national averages, with over 15,000 people and over one-fourth of all children in the city living in poverty. Crisis on top of a crisis.

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Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

PA Environment Daily

Photos: Top- Natural gas flaring within sight of a school, Environmental Health Project , FracTracker Alliance , PennEnvironment ; Filter clogged with drill cuttings from “dusting” operations ; Bottom- Indiscriminate road dumping conventional drilling wastewater ; 2018 explosion of brand new Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County.)